Ask HN: What's your favorite framework for making apps (with GUIs) for yourself?

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  • nw.js

    Call all Node.js modules directly from DOM/WebWorker and enable a new way of writing applications with all Web technologies.

    • Even EloctronJS is more popular, I am using [NWJS](https://nwjs.io/) because it is simple and support hiding code (compile code). However, I recently found a solution to hide code in the Electron app ([Bytenote](https://www.reddit.com/r/electronjs/comments/n155qh/compile_...))

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